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Apr 16, 2018
04/18
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Roger Chang
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We examine the latest trends in the hearables category of assistive technology. Plus ZTE has been a denied the ability to export sensitive technology and how Welsh police convicted 11 people using fingerprints taken from a WhatsApp pic. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Jun 27, 2018
06/18
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Roger Chang
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Google rolls out public testing of Duplex. Google’s AI technology that can make human sounding phone calls on your behalf for reservations or appointments. We examine the impact, usefulness, and future of the technology. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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May 15, 2018
05/18
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Roger Chang
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Twitter is implementing a new system based on thousands of behavioral signals to filter our tweet replies, searches, and recommendations. Will this help curb abusive and bullying behavior on the platform or will other more invasive measures be needed? Starring Sara Lane, Patrick Beja, and Roger Chang.
Topics: Tech News, Technews
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Mar 29, 2019
03/19
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Roger Chang
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Kaspersky Labs finds new Asus backdoor, Airbnb climb the hotel charts, and Apple announces new "Plus" services. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Allison Sheridan.
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Aug 20, 2018
08/18
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Roger Chang
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Nvidia announces new consumer video cards based on its Turing GPU architecture, Financial Times drafting rules to penalize social media platforms for not removing terrorist content within an hour of notification, and Bittorrent’s creator criticizes cryptocurrency. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Dec 12, 2018
12/18
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Roger Chang
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Intel unveils a new chip process and announces Sunny Cove its latest architecture, Epic has a new free cross-platform online SDK for developers and Huawei’s CFO Meng Wenzhou has been released on bail by a Canadian judge. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
Topics: tech news, technews
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May 24, 2018
05/18
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Roger Chang
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Elon Musk goes on a tweet storm about the truthiness of major media outlets. Musk wants to setup a website where the public can rate the credibility of news outlets and 'core-truth' of news stories. We examine the issue, the problem and proposed solution.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Jul 11, 2018
07/18
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Roger Chang
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Olio, a new startup hopes to the address the problem of food waste by users share their extra food with others in the neighborhood or help corporations donate unwanted food via volunteers. How effective is this model and can be replicated in other locales? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Jul 31, 2018
07/18
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Roger Chang
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Samsung's growth slows weighed down by low Galaxy S9 sales while Huawei posted a 15% increase in revenue. How OpenAI is improving robotic hands work. Yahoo Finance is planning on launching its own full-day live video stream network by the end of the year. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang.
Topics: TEch News, technews
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Jun 4, 2018
06/18
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Roger Chang
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Apple unleashed WWDC 2018 on an expecting audience. We break down this year’s announcements and offer up our analysis on what Apple wants to do and where it wants to go. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Jun 11, 2018
06/18
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Roger Chang
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Apple puts its foot down on apps that run cryptocurrency mining in the background, Microsoft announced at E3 it acquired five game developers to bolster its first party game library, and the US Dept of Energy has launched the fastest supercomputer in the world, Summit, capable of 200,000 trillion calculations a second. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
Topics: tech news, technews
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Jul 13, 2018
07/18
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Roger Chang
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Adobe announces that it will reveal a full featured version Photoshop for the iPad this fall. What does it mean for Apple and what does it tell us about Apple’s hardware strategy. Plus MS pens a blog post detailing the implications of facial recognition on society and the need for greater government regulation of the technology. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Allison Sheridan.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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May 2, 2018
05/18
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Roger Chang
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Apple’s earnings are in and far from the predicted bloodbath the iPhone sales were up. Where did the analysts go wrong? Plus Open Whisper Systems gets a warning from Amazon about domain fronting their secure messaging app Signal with Amazon.com. Starring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Jun 18, 2018
06/18
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Roger Chang
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Conspiracy theories are staple of the Internet. Posts about adulterated ingredients at fast food restaurants, videos about alleged political shenanigans, and forums discussing the latest evidence proving man’s greatest achievements were hoaxes find a ready audience online. We examine the role that the Internet plays in conspiracy theories and if its influence is perhaps a bit less than most people assume. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Jul 3, 2018
07/18
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Roger Chang
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As Sony stands firm on not allowing cross platform play on Fortnite for the PS4 we discuss the implications of Sony’s policy and whether or not change course any time soon. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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May 29, 2018
05/18
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Roger Chang
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Cashless payments is changing the way customers pay for goods and services, but how well does it work for non-traditional situations, like busking, where cash has always been king? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Roger Chang.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Jan 25, 2019
01/19
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Roger Chang
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Facebook plans on unifying the messaging infrastructure in Instagram, FB Messenger and What’s App. DeepMind’s AlphaStar AI was finally defeated in StarCraft II after defeating 10 other players. MIT’s MediaLab found Amazon’s Rekognition software misidentified the faces of darker complexioned and female faces at a higher rate than those of lighter skinned men. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta and Robb Dunewood.
Topics: tech news, technews
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Apr 26, 2018
04/18
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Roger Chang
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Earnings reports from Intel, Microsoft, Amazon and Nintendo. Plus researchers at MIT have successfully kept a pig’s brain alive outside of its body and chip architecture Jim Keller is leaving Tesla and heading for Intel. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Feb 12, 2019
02/19
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Roger Chang
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EA's 'Apex Legends' has received 25 million sign-ups in a single week besting the previous title holder 'Fortnite'. Will 'Apex Legends' be the next "it" game? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.
Topics: tech news, technews
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Jun 8, 2018
06/18
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Roger Chang
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With Google ending its involvement in Project Maven after significant employee dissent about the company working with the military we ponder what exactly should AI be used for and perhaps more importantly what it shouldn’t be used for. Starring Tom Merritt, Shannon Morse, Len Peralta and Roger Chang
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Apr 3, 2019
04/19
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Roger Chang
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Adobe makes After Effects content-aware to help simplify and speed up compositing and FX editing, who can claim to be the first location with 5G service and can Machine Learning grow the perfect basil? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson and Roger Chang.
Topics: tech news, technews
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May 15, 2018
05/18
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Twitter is implementing a new system based on thousands of behavioral signals to filter our tweet replies, searches, and recommendations. Will this help curb abusive and bullying behavior on the platform or will other more invasive measures be needed? Starring Sara Lane, Patrick Beja, and Roger Chang.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Mar 13, 2019
03/19
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Roger Chang
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An NBC report reveals IBM used images from Flickr tagged with Creative Commons license to train its AI on facial recognition. Is this in keeping with the spirit of Creative Commons or an abuse of it? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson.
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Mar 15, 2019
03/19
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Roger Chang
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After a tragic mass shooting in Christchurch NZ questions are raised about social media’s ability and responsibility to curtail the spread of disturbing livestream video. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, and Patrick Norton.
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May 23, 2018
05/18
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Roger Chang
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Comcast signals its intent for a hostile bid for 21st Century Fox's assets. What are the implications if its successful and what will Disney's counter offer be, if it makes one? Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, and Roger Chang
Topics: tech news, technews
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Aug 1, 2018
08/18
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Roger Chang
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MoviePass the self-proclaimed future of movie cinemas across the nation now finds itself in a spiral of bad news borrowing $6 million to keep running, stopped access to Mission Impossible: Fallout, reduced the number of movie releases available, and raised prices. Was this inevitable and is the company’s failure all but assured? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Apr 30, 2018
04/18
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Roger Chang
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In the market to upgrade you PC or Mac desktop display? We got TekThing’s Patrick Norton on the show to talk about what you should be on the lookout for when buying a new computer monitor. Plus France.com’s owner files suit against France and T-Mobile and Sprint say I do to a corporate merger. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Norton.
Topics: tech news, technews
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Aug 2, 2018
08/18
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Roger Chang
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What is the state of Augmented Reality market and where will it be down the road? Plus Twitter users can no longer cross post to Facebook automatically and a hearing AI that will help prevent rollercoaster failures. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Nicole Lee.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Aug 7, 2018
08/18
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Roger Chang
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Microsoft's Surface Go has been getting mixed reviews from the press. How does it stack up to the competition and what does this mean for the increasingly crowded creative tablet market? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Robb Dunewood.
Topics: tech news, technews
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Jun 21, 2018
06/18
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Roger Chang
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The US Supreme Court rules that states can force online stores to collect taxes on goods sold in their jurisdiction. How will this ruling shake up the e-tailing space in the USA and what will it mean for smaller players? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Jul 16, 2018
07/18
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Roger Chang
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We discuss the reason’s why some of Instagram’s biggest memers are locking their accounts and going private with their posts. Will this new approach ensure enough mindshare on a crowded platform? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young and Roger Chang.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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May 8, 2018
05/18
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Roger Chang
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We break down the announcements from this years action packed Google I/O, and cover everything from AI developments and roll-outs to new Android features and updates to News, Maps and Waymo! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.
Topics: Tech news, technews
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Feb 21, 2019
02/19
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Roger Chang
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Samsung announces new Galaxy S10 phones and tablets. Worth the upgrade? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
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Jun 13, 2018
06/18
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Roger Chang
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US District Court ruled that planned the merger of AT&T with Time Warner could go ahead. What are the market implications of this merger and how does this affect future Telecom/Media Distribution Company mergers? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Charlotte Henry.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Jun 6, 2018
06/18
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Roger Chang
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Sonos pulled the wraps off the Beam. A smart home theater sound bar that integrates Amazon’s Alexa many have speculated that its Sonos’s attempt to take over the connected living room. Will it succeed or end up on the latest in a long line of failed attempts? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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May 25, 2018
05/18
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Roger Chang
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General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR, the EU's new data privacy rules start today. Already some EU users have been blocked from sites, access to social media platforms limited for others, and lawsuits against large tech firms in the process of being filed. We examine the laws impact, its affect on countries outside of the EU and how well large tech firm are complying with the new rules. Starring Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse and Roger Chang.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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May 4, 2018
05/18
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Roger Chang
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With Disney updating its Star Wars: Jedi Challenges lightsaber duel AR game to allow multiplayer we’d figured its time to examine the current state of the VR/AR consumer market. Plus Germany techsite heise.de reports 8 new Spectre-like vulnerabilities were found in Intel’s processors and national security and defense website Defense One reports the use of drones by criminals to keep tabs on law enforcement. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Nicole Lee.
Topics: Technews, tech news
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Feb 5, 2019
02/19
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Roger Chang
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A Microsoft report shows a small but noticeable improvement in internet civility. Will it last or is this just a statistical anomaly? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang
Topics: technews, tech news
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Feb 6, 2019
02/19
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Roger Chang
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Spotify acquires podcasters Gimlet Media and Anchor in a bid to become the premiere podcasting network. But where does the company go from here and what does it mean for the podcasting landscape? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
Topics: tech news, technews
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Feb 26, 2019
02/19
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Roger Chang
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Microsoft is rumored to be bringing Xbox One games to Nintendo Switch. Are these rumors true and if so what does it mean for home console video game market? Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang and Amos
Topics: tech news, technews
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Dec 20, 2018
12/18
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Roger Chang
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Motherboard’s Jason Koebler writes a piece suggesting that Facebook be replaced with personal website. Is this simple act the only real alternative to Facebook or is it an too good to be true fix to a very complicated problem? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
Topics: tech news, technews, facebook
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Apr 4, 2019
04/19
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Roger Chang
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A recent BuzzFeed News article argues that seniors will irrevocably alter the internet as their numbers grow and they become the targets of misinformation and partisan rhetoric. Is this inevitable or a misreading of the facts? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang.
Topics: tech news, technews
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Mar 5, 2019
03/19
by
Roger Chang
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Scientists from Heriot-Watt university in Edinburgh to weld glass to metal. Corning is developing a new Gorilla glass that can bend. Plus MIT’s mini-cheetah robot can doing a standing back-flip. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.
Topics: tech news, technews
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Mar 4, 2019
03/19
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Roger Chang
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How induction burners will replace stoves, Google’s Project Zero finds kernel flaw in MacOS, and Facebook still targeting ads at folks who use phone number based 2FA. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.
Topics: tech news, technews
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Apr 19, 2019
04/19
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Roger Chang
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Business Insider reports that since May 2016 Facebook collected the email contact lists of 1.5 million new users without consent.Amazon and Google kiss and make up allowing YouTube on Amazon’s Fire TV devices and smart TVs in the coming month. And in response to issues with early production models of the Samsung Galaxy Fold Samsung says it will, “will thoroughly inspect these units in person to determine the cause of the matter.” Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin...
Topics: tech news, technews
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Feb 21, 2019
02/19
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Roger Chang
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Apple teams up with Goldman Sachs on a MasterCard credit card that will incorporate Apple Wallet, Microsoft Edge Browser has a secret whitelist for allowing Flash video to play, and HTC announces Vive Focus Plus. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Justin Robert Young.
Topics: tech news, technews
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Dec 14, 2010
12/10
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new episode of my sets called technews.
Topics: technews, stephen c, techhouse
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May 7, 2018
05/18
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Roger Chang
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We examine all info-packed Monday announcements from this year’s Microsoft BUILD event. Plus Robocalls are still a thing and unfortunately they’re getting worse and Spotify is not a publicly traded company. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.
Topics: Tech News, Technews
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Jul 10, 2018
07/18
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Roger Chang
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Video game addiction is a relatively new phenomenon. We examine various aspects of the disorder and discuss whether or not video game addiction is a real or merely a symptom of a deeper psychological issue. Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Beja and Roger Chang.
Topics: Tech News, technews
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Jul 6, 2018
07/18
by
Roger Chang
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As third-party encryption plug-ins face new scrutiny we discuss the wider implications of internet and connected technologies entering a mass-market phase where consumers want a set and forget it type of experience when it comes to security. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Shannon Morse.
Topics: Tech News, technews
